Embark on a 12-day romantic honeymoon safari in Kenya, starting at Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary with a chance to spot the last two Northern white rhinos. Explore Samburu National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, and the iconic Masai Mara National Reserve for wildlife encounters and diverse ecosystems. Enjoy flexible days for game viewing, cultural interactions with the Samburu people, and relaxation. Conclude your adventure with a beach retreat in Mombasa's Diani Beach. Explore the historic Old Town of Mombasa before returning to Nairobi for departure. This all-inclusive safari covers park fees, daily game drives, a professional guide, domestic flights, and more for an enchanting experience.
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You will drive through the rich and fertile central highland of the Kikuyu countryside, get through to the lower slopes of Mt. Kenya, cross the equator to Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary, arrive at Sweetwaters a private ranch and Rhino sanctuary that lies between Mt Kenya and the Aberdares mountains. Arrive in Sweetwaters shortly after noon and check into your lodge/camp, have hot lunch and then rest.
Sweetwaters is famous for to the last two of the Northern white Rhinos that remain in world. Search for both white Rhinos and Black rhinos. Other wildlife includes elephants, lions, buffaloes and other herbivores. The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary is the only one of its kind in Kenya. Here visitors can enjoy the unique opportunity of observing the orphaned chimps that vary in age from 2-15 yrs. Most of these chimps have their originality at the Jane Goodall Institute in Burundi.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
.Departs towards Samburu after breakfast, arrive in the afternoon and check in to your lodge/camps and enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest. Samburu National Park guarantees you a wonderful game viewing. It has a semi-dry desert and savannah landscape, which allows for great visibility over the park and over its river that attracts many with beautiful landscapes and hundreds of animals, animals.
This park is 165 square kilometers big and has huge clouds of elephants roaming around in large families, this is a spectacular park to visit. Follow the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River for the best game viewing. It is the only source of water for many animals, especially during dry seasons. Four of the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo) roam around, as well as the Samburu Special Five: Grevy Zebra, Gerenuk, Beisa Oryx, Reticulated Giraffe and the Somali Ostrich.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: - Return to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
.This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options.
06:00hrs: - Early morning game drive in Samburu you get the chance to really search for the Big Five. During the day it can be hot, and game viewing is best done in the morning and afternoon. In between you can take a rest at your hotel or lodge, or visit the beautiful Samburu people.
Samburu people are traditionally nomadic tribe related to the Masai. They live in secluded bomas: little villages with a circular wooden fence. Their huts have rounded roofs made out of cowdung, since they are pastoralists with mostly herds of cows, sheep or goats. Especially the Samburu women wear complicated and colourful necklaces and headwear, that they make themselves out of small beads.
As a break in between safaris, it’s possible to visit one of their bomas to get familiar with the traditional life of Samburu people. You will see their houses and learn about their way of life, how their necklaces are made and what the secret messages are inside.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenient time, and resting until the next game drive at your leisure.
16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky.
.After breakfast depart towards Lake Nakuru arriving in the afternoon check-in your lodge/camp and enjoy hot meal and rest.
Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its bird spectacle featuring over a million flamingos (Greater and Lesser). It the home of over 450 migratory bird species from around the world and large flotillas of pelicans and other water birds being the major attractions of the area, the ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals. It is also famous for its population of black and white rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, lions, leopards, baboons. It is easy to spot the rhinos on the edge of the lake.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: - Return to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
.06:00hrs: - Drive towards these amazingly beautiful savannah plains of the Masai Mara arriving in time for lunch and check in to your lodge/camps, enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.
16:00hrs: - After lunch drive for the afternoon game drive. The Masai Mara plains with its abundance of wildlife borders Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and together they are home to Africa’s best known natural wonder: the annual great migration. Over 2,5 million animals roam the plains of Serengeti and the Masai Mara together, following the rains in search of green pastures.
The Reserve is named masai Mara in honor of the Masai people. The Masai (also spelled Maasai) have lived in this region since they migrated from the Nile Basin centuries ago. Mara means spotted in the Maa language and refers to a landscape marked by many short bushy trees scattered all over the outstretched savannah.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
.This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options. The Masai Mara is known for its abundance of wildlife, and today you have a full day to see it all, it is the home to more than 95 animal species and over 400 species of birds. From July - October the great migration arrives here. This means that huge herds of wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, antelopes and impalas can be seen trying to cross the Mara River.
You can spot the famous Big Five in the Masai Mara, as well as cheetahs, servals, hyenas, bat-eared foxes, black-backed or side-striped jackals, hippos, crocodiles, baboons, warthogs, topis, elands, waterbucks, oribis, reed-bucks and many, many more.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenient time, and resting until the next game drive at your leisure.
16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky
Option 3 - Visits to a Masai Manyatta can be arranged between you and the driver. Another popular 'excursion' is a romantic hot air balloon trip where you view animals from above and then touch down for an extravagant breakfast in the bush. I would recommend you book this in advance due to limited space.
.After breakfast drive towards Mombasa Diani Beach, arrive late in the afternoon and retire to your designated Resort. Diani Beach its lies 20 kilometers south of Mombasa, the beach is 15 kilometers long stretch of beach line, with rows of coconut trees, white powdery sand, amazing sunsets, beautiful resorts, high-class restaurants, Scuba diving and water sport centers. Diani Beach basically has it all
Use your days to go scuba diving or snorkeling, kite surfing, windsurfing, do boat rides or go jet skiing. And of course you can just relax on the beach, take your cocktail and enjoy the sunsets…! Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
.Visit famous Old Town 20 km from Diani, ocean view, abundant markets and several historic sites. Mombasa is much smaller than Nairobi, but its merchants atmosphere, old buildings, cobblestone streets and Arabic influences make for a totally different experience…!
As all good things come to an end, today is the day you fly back home. Enjoy your last hours on the beautiful Diani Beach before our guide takes you to Nairobi location or at the Airport for your flight back home.
Day 13: - After breakfast return to Nairobi hotel or to the Airport arrange that with your Guide.
Stay Locations
Day 13 - End of the Trip Nairobi
.Inclusions
· Park Fees (for Non-Residents).
· Daily game drives while on Safari.
· A professional driver/guide.
· 4x4 Land Cruisers or Safari Van.
· Drinking water while on safari (2 liters per person per day).
· Meals as per itinerary.
· All Taxes and Vat.
· Domestic Flights.
Exclusions
· International Flights.
· Airport Transfers (Unless mentioned otherwise).
· Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Unless mentioned otherwise).
· Personal Items (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance Visa Fees, etc).
· Governments imposed increase of Taxes and or Park Fees.
· Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
· Tips
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